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Hace 3 días · The Comstock Act is an 1873 anti-obscenity law that, among other things, makes it a crime to mail anything that’s “indecent, filthy, or vile” or “intended for producing abortion.” Its namesake, Anthony Comstock, was an infamous Victorian-era anti-vice crusader who, as the Supreme Court has explained, “believed that anything remotely touching upon sex was obscene.”
Hace 4 días · Anti-vice crusader Anthony Comstock, whose name became synonymous with censorship of anything that frankly discussed human sexuality Beginning in the 1830s and until the American Civil War , the U.S. Postmaster General refused to allow mailmen to carry abolitionist pamphlets to the South.
Hace 4 días · The Comstock Act. Through his activities in improving the moral fibre of the nation and possessing a gift for self promotion, Comstock was able to gain the attention of the U.S. Congress. He chose his timing well to lobby for tough anti-obscenity laws.
Hace 2 días · By Bonnie Fuller. May 31, 2024. Kirsten Engel is calling out US House Rep. Juan Ciscomani’s long-time anti-abortion record as the state’s women face an 1864 near-total ban going into effect this fall. “He ran as an anti-choice candidate [in 2022]. He cheered the repeal of Roe v.
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Hace 2 días · She was first arrested in 1841, but, it was her final arrest by Anthony Comstock which led to her suicide on the day of her trial April 1, 1878. Such advertising aroused criticisms of quackery and immorality. The safety of many nostrums was suspect and the efficacy of others non-existent.
Hace 3 días · George Washington University ( LLB, LLM) Signature. John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as ...
